Hi everyone. Sorry for using high priority, but for me the matter is very urgent.
I hope this question has not been asked ad nauseam before, if yes, please except my apology and direct me to the place this list's storage area. So far I have been using a Windows 3.x based newsreader (OUI) but it has a tendency to keep crashing way too often with disastrous results like deleting ALL postings saved so far. As I urgently need those newsgroups I have to switch as fast as possible. With a new ISDN card installed I can now - finally - switch over to Linux for email and news retrieval. I need a program / programs able to to the following: - retrieve email / newsgroups automatically or (definitely preferred) whenever I fell like retrieving them. - consecutively contact serveral mail servers and news servers, some of them requiring autentification. - sort incoming e-mail (and , hopefully) usenet news into several directories according to the mailing list / sublist they came from, sender or any other ciriterion. - keep Japanese, Korean and other asian emails on the respective server as I don't know how to read AND answer them using Linux. If anybody knows a solution to this, please share it with me. I do not want to use netscape or any other monster with severely limited abilities. As far as I know I should have the following to receive and send emails and participate in usenet newsgroups: - ISDN for Linux - a mail retrieval program : fetchmail ? - a mail transport agent (MTA) : procmail ? exim ? - a mail reader : tin, mutt ? - a news reader ? Am I correct so far. Would you accept the suggestions above (suggestions I once received from unix users). As far as I know, Debian prefers exim as an MTA. Should I stick to this or use procmail? What else do I need. Any help will be gratefully accepted. If you prefer not to answer in English pleae feel free to use any of the following languages (alphabetical order): Danish / Norwegian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese. Many thanks in advance. Please try to answer to the list Axel Schlicht
